Idaho replaces Erickson with Washington St. assistant

After a nationwide search to replace Dennis Erickson, the
University of Idaho had only to look eight miles west to find Robb
Akey, who was hired Wednesday as the Vandals' third head football
coach in as many years.

Akey, Washington State University's exuberant defensive
coordinator, was introduced as Erickson's successor during a campus
news conference in Moscow, Idaho.

"This has been 19 years of busting my tail to take over my own
program and I couldn't have asked for a better ...

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